Ondo Coffee

The price is right, the drinks are superb and—unless there’s street cleaning—the parking is easy at Ondo Coffee, which flies in the face of its East Hollywood address. Unlike most coffee shops in the area, this newer LACC-adjacent café features angled metered spots right out front, plus plenty of street parking. On our visit, we enjoyed the lavender Earl Grey milk tea and butterscotch cream latte, but owners Bryan Choi and Calvin Jung place equal emphasis on the coffee shop’s specialty coffee program. Here, you’ll find a consistently great pour-over, and those in search of a flawlessly executed, no-frills cortado would do well to make a pit stop at Ondo. Supplement your drink with classic pastries from Clark Street Bread and fire up your laptop after connecting to the shop’s public Wi-Fi.